Kristina Brantley named University Registrar

Kristina Brantley, assistant registrar at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, has been named university registrar at Stetson University.

Brantley will join Stetson effective Oct. 15, leading important initiatives in collaborating the university’s comprehensive strategic enrollment and student success efforts. She will lead a team overseeing all aspects of student academic record management and integrity.

Kristina Brantley

“I am thrilled and honored to be joining the Stetson community,” Brantley said. “I have been impressed by Stetson’s academic rigor, dedication to leveraging technology, focus on values and commitment to social responsibility.

“There is a vibrancy and energy on this campus that is exhilarating. I look forward to meeting everyone and working with this community toward strategic enrollment initiatives and student success,” she said.

With more than 20 years experience in higher education in the registrar and enrollment management fields, Brantley also worked in residential life at the start of her career. She has served at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville since 2009. Before that, she held positions at the University of Georgia, Davidson College, the University of North Carolina at Asheville and Belmont Abbey College.

She currently serves on three campus-wide task forces that focus on strategic enrollment initiatives and academic student success. She has extensive experience in the implementation and use of technology, especially the Banner system, which Stetson uses. She is active in a number of professional organizations and has been selected to present two sessions at the 2013 annual conference of the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers – one on the Banner system and a second one on “Scheduling for Student Success.”

Brantley earned a Master of Education in higher education administration from the University of Georgia and her undergraduate degree from Mars Hill College, where she majored in psychology and minored in music.

She has two adult sons, Josh and Caleb; both are students at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.